• Attract teams that want to collaborate
• Encourage creativity within yourself and others
• Identify team members who are flexible and think outside the box
• Problem solve effectively instead of in a reactionary manner
• Encourage people to want to be on your team and help you work towards goals
• Harness the entrepreneurial spirit that anything is possible as long as you work at it
• Work as hard as possible, knowing that eventually your investments of time, energy, and money will pay off

And if you’re still having a hard time imagining it all in a positive light, do some soul searching with the following examples:

Success is being a Google executive and despite a ruling sentencing a few of them to 6 months in prison for violating Italian privacy laws, knowing it’s an unfair and unjust ruling and actually serving the sentence will never come to fruition, and instead using your team to review global standards on privacy is a much more effective use of 6 months.

Success is being Mark Burnett & Mike Darnell and believing in your product so strongly that you know that despite an FCC investigation, your idea for a game show that highlights smartness and acquired knowledge in children is a great contribution to family programming and, with successful team development, will eventually be able to shine as a wonderful example of a successful game show idea.

Success is being Tachi Yamada, M.D., President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and acknowledging that the incredibly difficult journey of arriving from Japan to attend boarding school in the US is what has shaped him as a person and made him flexible and ‘open to challenges’ in ways he approaches life and business, and has contributed to the model of how he hires successful members of his team.

Success is believing in success, even if it takes a little longer than originally planned.

I got the greatest gift for Valentine’s Day – a streamlined website that includes my blog and tweets!

This helps me share the love and information with all of you. And… because I take that job seriously, let me know what you want & what you need! I’m ramping up the writing for 2010 – get on the list and reap the rewards.

Email me and tell me your challenges and current dilemmas – and I’ll tweet & blog about them. My gift to you. And of course, share the love & pass this message on…

Have a great Valentine’s Day and looking forward to fruitful communication.